Fishing-spear.



PATENTED MAR. 14, 1 905.

J. M. LOBIT. FISHING SPEAR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 6,1904

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Iatented March 14, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

JEAN MARTIAL LOBIT, NEW YORK, N. Y.

FISHING-SPEAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 784,747,

dated March 14,1905.

Application filed July 6, 1904. Serial No- 215,538.

To a ll whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JEAN MARTIAL LOBIT, a citizen of the FrenchRepublic, residingat New York, in the County of Kings and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful ImprovementsinFishing-Spears, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the drawings accompanying and forming a part of the same.

My invention relates to devices for spearand other small game, moreparticularly to devices of the kind in which a spring-actuated spearheld in retracted position by a suitable trigger is upon release of thetrigger projected by the force of the spring into the body of the game.My invention, however, contemplates certain improvements in thesedevices, and to such ends consists in the novel features, combinationsof elements, and arrangements of parts hereinafter v escribed, and moreparticularly pointed out in the claims.

The invention will be more readily under- I stood when explained inconnection with the 1 it carries a rod 2,

accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of aconvenient embodiment of the same. Figs. 2 and 3 are sectional viewsshowing modifications, and Fig. 4 is a detail showing in'perspective aspear-head which I prefer to employ.

The handle or holder of the device is indicated by 1. This may be madein one piece of any convenient length or may be jointed in theusual way,like the ordinary fishing-rod, as will be readily understood. Thishandle or holder is tubular,and in the form shown in Fig. extendingsubstantially the entire length of the handle or holder. In thebutt'ofthe latter is a contractible spring 3, connected with the rod 2 and thehandle 1 in such a way that the spring will be expanded by retractingthe rod 2 into the holder. The rod at this end is provided with asuitable catch or button 4 to be engaged by a hook 5 on the trigger 6,which latter is held in the position to engage the button by a spring 7.At the other end of the rod is a casing 8, in which is carried a slidingstem 9, projecting from the casing and out of the rod or holder 1. Thestem is normally held in its outermost position by a suitable spring 10.Carried by the stem 9 is a spear-head 11 of any convenient form. Iprefer, however, that shown in Fig. 4, consisting of a transverse plate'12, carrying a plurality of points 13.

' From the foregoing the operation of the device will be readilyunderstood. The rod being retracted and caught by the trigger, thedevice is brought-into proximity with the fish or other object to bespeared, and careful aim being taken the trigger is released, whereuponthe rod 2 is projected with considerable force to the limit of itsmovement and the spear-head 11 thereby carried into the body of thegame. The purpose of the yielding connection between the head 1 1 andthe rod 2 is 6" indicates a ring tightly fitting or screw-V threaded tothe rod 1, adapted to be moved up against the trigger 6 to preventrelease of the latter. The rod can then be .used with a line as anordinary fishing-rod without danger of the spear being released. a

Fig. 2 shows a modification of the device, in which the stem 9 isreplaced by a sliding sleeve 14, upon which in turn is movably mountedthe spear-head 15, with a spring 16 between the two to provide thedesired yielding support for the head. In this form of the invention theoperative parts of the device are located near the forward end thereof,and for the purpose of releasing the trigger 17 I provide a rod 18,connected with the trigger and extending through eyelets 19 to the buttof the device. trigger 17 will be actuated and the spear re-' leased, aswill be readily understood. In this form of invention I have alsoprovided means to permit the device to be used in a manner analogous toatrap. Such means consist of a bait-carrier, such as a hook 20,connected with a small lever 21, which in turn is connected with a rod22. The latter extends backward By pulling on the rod 18 the 1 until itbears against the inclined surface 23 of the trigger-hook. It will nowbe seen that the game on seizing the bait carried by the 1 0 ger-hookand releasing the spear-1n the same manner as if the trigger had beenmanually operated.

1 A further modification of the device is shown in Fig. 3.v Here thetrigger consists of a lever 24:, having a finger 25 projecting throughan opening inthe holder 1 to engage the sliding sleeve 26 in an openingwhich registers with the first when the sleeve is in its retractedposition. The rear end of the lever 24 is engaged by a bell-crank lever27, from which extends a rod or wire 28 back to the butt of theholder 1. Pulling on this rod or wire will lift the finger 25, as willbe readily understood,

' out of engagement with the sleeve 26, and so permit the spear to beprO ected by the spring 29. The forward end of the lever 24 engages abell-crank lever 30, with which is connected a hook 31. It will now beseen that, as in the former construction, seizing of the bait by thegame will also release the spear, in this case by raising the forwardend of the lever 2 1 and so carrying the finger 25 out of engagementwith the spear-sleeve 26.

It sometimes happens that the spear-head or other part of the device isdamaged, and it is desirable to have means for repairing the sameconveniently at hand. For this purpose the handle or holder 1 may beprovided, as in Fig. 2, with a receptacle 32 in the butt thereof, inwhich may be carried a combination tool or file having at one end awrench 33, with which the points of the spear may be removed, adjusted,or inserted, and at the other end a screw-driver 34;. Of cou rse othertools or devices may be carried in the receptacle, if desired. Aremovable closure, as the screw-cap 35, holds the contents ofthereceptacle in place.

The forms herein described. I consider convenient embodiments of myinvention; but the same may of course be varied still further withoutdeparture from the proper scope of the invention.

-What I claim is 1. In a device of the kind described, the combinationof a handle or holder, a springactuated spear-rod carried by the handleor holder, a trigger for holding the rod in re tracted position againstthe tension of the spring, and a spear-head yieldingly carried by .thespear-nod, as set forth.

2. In a device of the kind described, the combination of a handle orholder, a springactuated spear-rod carried by the handle or holder, aspear-head carried by-the spear-rod, a trigger for holding the rod inretracted position against the tension of the spring, and a bait-carrierarranged to release the trigger, as set forth.

3. In a device of the kind described, the combination of a handle orholder, a springactuated spear-rod carried by the handle or holder, atrigger for holding the rod in retracted position against the tension ofthe spring, a spear-head yieldingly carried by the spear-rod, and abait-carrier arranged to release the trigger, as set forth 4:. In adevice of the kind described, the combination of a handle or holder, aspringactuated spear-rod carried by the handle or holder, a manuallyoperated trigger for holding the-rod in retracted position against thetension of the spring, a spear-head yieldingly carried by the spear-rod,and a bait-carrier arranged to release the trigger, as set forth.

A JEAN MARTIAL LOBIT.

Witnesses:

S. S. DUNHAM, M. LAWSON DYER.

